World’s Strangest

I went to a university with a seemingly-perplexing mascot. How do you get a small red bird from a large, destructive force of nature? It turns out there’s a perfectly good explanation – for Iowa State and for these nine other schools. 1. The College: Iowa State University The Team: The Cyclones The Mascot: a cardinal bird What Gives: [...]

It’s Reader-Submitted Quiz Week!! Our first installment comes from Finland’s Mikko M. The International Organisation of Vine and Wine has ranked countries on the basis of wine production. Think you can name the top 10? Take the Quiz: Name the World’s Top Wine Producers

Every Friday, I post a series of unrelated questions meant to spark conversation in the comments. Answer one, answer all, respond to someone else’s reply, whatever you want. Very casual. On to this week’s topics of discussion… 1. A few years ago, we replaced our old radiators with baseboards. The guy we hired to do the [...]